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MEN’S BASKETBALL // NOTES Josh Hauser, Assistant A.D. for Communications // E-mail: [email protected] E 2019-20 SCHEDULE JAN Y T 7:00 PM GCU ARENA T PHOENIX IME MST 7,000 ARIZONA CI DA T 23 VENUE 7-11 2-2 4-5 2-3 1-3 OVERALL WAC H A N SeaTTLE U GRAND CANYON WED 10/30 CSU SAN BERNARDINO^ W 87-60 REDHAWKS LOPES TUE 11/5 DAVENPORT L 82-73 (10-10, 3-2) (7-11, 2-2) V FRI 11/8 ILLINOIS L 83-71 WED 11/13 SAN DIEGO STATE L 86-61 » Head Coach: Jim Hayford (3rd at SU, 48-39, .552) S » Head Coach: Dan Majerle (7th at GCU, 130-83, .610) SAT 11/16 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF W 67-54 POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS TUE 11/19 MONTANA STATE W 69-56 Terrell Brown Myles Carter Terrell Brown Alessandro Lever Alessandro Lever Jovan Blacksher Jr. 19.5 ppg 6.9 rpg 4.8 apg 15.5 ppg 5.6 rpg 3.4 apg PARADISE JAM (ST. THOMAS, US VIRGIN ISLANDS) FRI 11/22 VALPARAISO L 78-74 TV STREAM STREAM LISTEN LISTEN STATS STATS SAT 11/23 FORDHAM L 70-58 FOX 10 Xtra (45/9) GCUTV 1580 The Fanatic1580 The Fanatic FloHoops.comGCULopes.com/Watch99.3 FM & 95.999.3 FM FM & 95.9 FM MON 11/25 ILLINOIS STATE W 68-63 Barry Buetel (play-by-play) 1580thefanatic.com1580thefanatic.com Danny Lee (play-by-play) ESPN3 GCULopes.comGCUStats.com Scott Williams (analysis) ESPN.com/watch Kevin Lehman (analysis) Michael Potter (play-by-play)Jim Howell (play-by-play) SAT 11/30 PURDUE FORT WAYNE L 71-60 Kate Longworth (reporter) Facebook WatchPaul Coro (analysis)Paul Coro (analysis) TUE 12/3 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 75-67 OT SERIES HISTORY THIS GAME SUN 12/8 LIBERTY | COLANGELO CLASSIC L 70-61 vs. Seattle U (15th meeting) » GCU returns home on its second win streak of the season. THU 12/12 NORTHERN IOWA L 82-58 GCU record in series: 12-2 » GCU and Seattle U both protect the basketball, leading the TUE 12/17 NEW MEXICO L 91-71 At GCU: 6-1 | At Seattle U:5-1 WAC in fewest turnovers and ranking top-30 nationally. 85-63 Last: GCU goes 2-1 in 2018-19 (Home: W; Road: L; Tourn: W) SAT 12/21 EASTERN ILLINOIS W TRENDS Current streak: GCU, won 1 SAT 1/4 CSU BAKERSFIELD* L 69-62 » The Lopes have shot over 50% from 3-point range in two SAT 1/11 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* L 61-57 LAST GAME’S STARTERS straight games for the first time in the Division I era. THU 1/16 CHICAGO STATE* W 78-64 » Jovan Blacksher Jr. | G | Fr. | 5-11 | Oakland, Calif. » Alessandro Lever was named WAC Player of the Week for 10.3 ppg 5.4 rpg 3.4 apg 39% FG 20% 3P 77% FT second time this year, averaging 19.5 points and 7.5 reb. SUN 1/19 KANSAS CITY* W 69-66 » Mikey Dixon | G | R-Jr. | 6-2 | New Castle, Del. » After a 7-for-29 (24.1%) start in his first three games, THU 1/23 SEATTLE U* 7:00 PM 13.2 ppg 2.7 rpg 1.8 apg 42% FG 56% 3P 83% FT Mikey Dixon is 18 for 31 (58.1%) in his last three games. SAT 1/25 UTAH VALLEY* 6:00 PM » Carlos Johnson | G | Sr. | 6-4 | Centralia, Ill. » Jovan Blacksher Jr. is one of just three freshmen nation- 14.6 ppg 5.3 rpg 1.7 apg 41% FG 35% 3P 77% FT ally to average 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. He also THU 1/30 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY* 6:00 PM » Bryce Okpoh | F | Fr. | 6-7 | The Colony, Texas ranks second among freshmen in minutes per game. SAT 2/1 NEW MEXICO STATE* 7:00 PM 1.2 ppg 2.6 rpg 0.1 apg 29% FG 0% 3P 53% FT » Carlos Johnson (17.0) and Alessandro Lever (16.5) rank SAT 2/8 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* 8:00 PM » Alessandro Lever | C | Jr. | 6-10 | Bolzano, Italy second and third, respectively, in scoring for WAC games. 15.5 ppg 5.6 rpg 2.2 apg 54% FG 41% 3P 72% FT THU 2/13 KANSAS CITY* 7:00 PM » Carlos Johnson needs five points to reach the 1,000-point BY THE NUMBERS mark for his career. He’s scored 748 points at GCU. SAT 2/15 CHICAGO STATE* 6:00 PM » In Alessandro Lever, Carlos Johnson and Mikey Dixon, THU 2/20 SEATTLE U* 8:00 PM GCU is one of only 28 teams with a trio of players averag- SAT 2/22 UTAH VALLEY* 2:00 PM ing over 13.0 points while shooting 40%. 73.5 POINTS 67.6 » Alessandro Lever ranks fourth in the WAC in scoring THU 2/27 NEW MEXICO STATE* 7:00 PM 71.3 POINTS ALLOWED 70.9 at 15.5 ppg and is the only player in the conference to SAT 2/29 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY* 6:00 PM + 2.2 MARGIN - 3.3 average over 11.0 points while shooting above 50%. SAT 3/7 CSU BAKERSFIELD* 6:00 PM 40.3 FG PCT. 43.5 » GCU ranks 27th for fewest turnovers (11.4) and has gone 42.0 FG PCT. DEFENSE 43.7 10 straight games without more than 12 turnovers. WAC TOURNAMENT (ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS, NEV.) 3/12-14 TBA 29.7 3PT PCT. 31.5 LAST GAME Jan. 19 at Kansas City | W 69-66 76.6 FT PCT. 75.9 » Grand Canyon handed Kansas City its second home loss. * denotes WAC game ^ denotes exhibition home away 36.6 REBOUNDS 32.4 » Mikey Dixon scored 12 points in the final 5:30 to seal win. 10.9 ASSISTS 11.3 STORYLINES NOTABLE NUMERAL 11.1 TURNOVERS 11.4 » Last year, the Lopes won 20 games for the fourth straight Points needed by Carlos Johnson to reach the 1,000-point mark 5.5 STEALS 5.3 season, one of just 29 D-I teams to accomplish the feat. 5 » GCU Arena was the fullest venue in college basketball at for his collegiate career 3.4 BLOCKS 1.3 102.43% of capacity, averaging 7,170 fans. ‹ 1 › #LOPESUP MEN’S BASKETBALL // LAST TWO GAMES VS SUNDAY, JAN. 19 | AWAY Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 10:00 PM Grand Canyon at Kansas City Game Duration: 1:54 Attendance: 1,103 01/19/20 Swinney Center, Kansas City GRAND 2019-20 Kansas City Men's Basketball KANSAS CITY Officials: Brent Meaux, Brad Fowler, James Ford CANYON Grand Canyon - 69 Record: 7-11 (2-2) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 13-25 52.0% 69 66 24 Bryce Okpoh F 28:39 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 4 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 -9 3PT% 3-7 42.9% 25 Alessandro Lever C 32:50 5-13 0-1 4-5 3 6 9 4 3 14 4 2 0 0 0 9 FT% 7-7 100% 3 Mikey Dixon G 32:11 6-10 3-4 6-6 0 1 1 0 3 21 0 3 1 0 0 -2 2nd FG% 9-22 40.9% 10 Jovan Blacksher Jr. G 35:17 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 10 10 0 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 3PT% 3-4 75.0% 23 Carlos Johnson G 33:55 6-11 2-3 4-4 0 4 4 1 4 18 1 1 2 0 0 4 FT% 12-14 85.7% 1 Isiah Brown 14:00 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 -1 GM FG% 22-47 46.8% 15 Raef Gerdes 05:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3PT% 6-11 54.5% 13 Lorenzo Jenkins 18:08 1-4 0-1 1-2 0 3 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 7 FT% 19-21 90.5% [QUOTED] Team 1 0 1 0 1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 Totals 22-47 6-11 19-21 4 29 33 15 17 69 9 11 5 1 0 3 HEAD COACH DAN MAJERLE Technical Fouls::NONE Kansas City - 66 Record: 9-11 (2-4) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- “It’s what you’ve got to do on the road – gut it out. I’m proud of my guys. It’s been a NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 12-30 40.0% 5 Jordan Giles F 27:03 5-9 0-2 3-3 0 1 1 4 5 13 1 0 1 0 1 -2 3PT% 4-13 30.8% hard, what seems like a couple weeks, but it’s only five days. We got here and had a 2 Rob Whitfield G 34:04 4-13 4-11 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 FT% 4-4 100% 3 Brandon McKissic G 25:55 5-11 1-4 5-7 0 6 6 2 5 16 4 2 1 0 0 3 2nd FG% 11-30 36.7% 4 Jahshire Hardnett G 38:01 2-7 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 3PT% 5-13 38.5% really good first half.